Q 01/05

Which studio developed Fallout: New Vegas?

A) Bethesda Game Studios

B) Obsidian Entertainment

C) Black Isle Studios

D) Interplay Productions

Answer · why

B) Obsidian Entertainment

Bethesda published the game but contracted Obsidian, a studio co-founded by former Black Isle staff, to build it in roughly 18 months.

Q 02/05

In which year is the game set?

A) 2281

B) 2287

C) 2291

D) 2301

Answer · why

A) 2281

That is 204 years after the Great War and four years after Fallout 3's 2277 setting.

Q 03/05

Which wearable computer serves as the player's menu and map?

A) Pip-Boy 2000

B) Pip-Boy 2000BE

C) Pip-Boy 3000

D) Pip-Boy 4000

Answer · why

C) Pip-Boy 3000

The first two games used the Pip-Boy 2000; New Vegas keeps Fallout 3's 3000 model, complete with radio and fast travel.

Q 04/05

Which item is the Courier delivering when they are ambushed?

A) A holotape

B) The Platinum Chip

C) A Pip-Boy

D) The Sierra Madre key

Answer · why

B) The Platinum Chip

The chip is a data storage device Mr. House commissioned before the bombs fell; it upgrades his Securitron army.

Q 05/05

Who shoots the Courier in the head at the start of the game?

A) Caesar

B) Mr. House

C) Benny

D) Ulysses

Answer · why

C) Benny

The checkered-suit mobster is voiced by Friends star Matthew Perry.